[ltp] network problems on T60

[Aaron Mulder]

Both the Ethernet and 3945 wireless work in SuSE 10.1 RC1...  Sorry I
can't tell you much more than that.

Aaron

On 4/21/06, Thomas Finneid <tfinneid@ifi.uio.no> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am having a problem with my brand new laptop (thinkpad T60) where the
> network adapter is on a pci-express slot, and I cant get a the network
> to work. I have spent 2 days investigating it. Comparing configurations,
> searching the net, updating the kernel etc. and it wont go further than
> "eth0 not available, delaying initialisation" (I tried eth1 aswell in
> case the wireless was on eth0).
>
> As stated the network controller is a pci-express version, and the
> system cant find it. The controller is a Intel 82573L Gigabit controller
> and is supported by the e1000 driver. The driver loads, there is nothing
> in /var/log/messages, but for some reason the system cant find the
> device afterwards and prints the "delaying initialisation" message.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions as to why this does not work? What
> puzzles me is that the driver loads but the device is not made available
> and there is no error message.
>
> Mandriva 2006.0,
> kernel: 2.6.12-12mdksmp, 2.6.12-18mdksmp, 2.6.14-2mdksmp
>
>
> Regards
>
> Thomas
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